Nicol Bolas (Assemble) by Psyga315

Format: Commander

Commander: Nicol Bolas

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This deck is a thematic Grixis tapout control build dedicated to Nicol Bolas and the classic legends of the shard. It operates as a mid-to-late game attrition deck, utilizing two-mana rocks and Signets to smooth out demanding three-color mana costs. In the mid-game, it deploys engines like Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God, Marchesa, Dealer of Death, and Kess, Dissident Mage to generate card advantage while stripping cards from opposing hands. The late game revolves around resolving game-warping high-cost threats such as Lord Xander, the Collector, Cruel Ultimatum, and Thraximundar. Because the deck prioritizes gold Grixis flavor over competitive optimization, it eschews stack countermagic and compact combo finishes in favor of incremental attrition and high-power aerial combat. While vulnerable to aggressive starts and fast combo strategies due to high mana curves and minimal stack interaction, it delivers a flavorful and crushing late-game presence when allowed to assemble its mana base.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Anhelo, the Painter
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Bladecoil Serpent
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Blood Tyrant
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Breaking // Entering
  • 1 Castle Sengir
  • 1 Cecily, Haunted Mage
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cormela, Glamour Thief
  • 1 Corpse Appraiser
  • 1 Crosis's Catacombs
  • 1 Crosis's Charm
  • 1 Crosis, the Purger
  • 1 Cruel Ultimatum
  • 1 Crumbling Necropolis
  • 1 Crypt of the Eternals
  • 1 Dark Intimations
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Elder Mastery
  • 1 Evelyn, the Covetous
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Garza Zol, Plague Queen
  • 1 Geyadrone Dihada
  • 1 Glamorous Outlaw
  • 1 Grixis Charm
  • 1 Gwendlyn Di Corci
  • 1 Hostile Takeover
  • 1 In the Darkness Bind Them
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge
  • 1 Kess, Dissident Mage
  • 1 Lord Xander, the Collector
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Maestros Ascendancy
  • 1 Maestros Charm
  • 1 Maestros Confluence
  • 1 Maestros Diabolist
  • 1 Mairsil, the Pretender
  • 1 Marchesa, Dealer of Death
  • 1 Marchesa, the Black Rose
  • 1 Mishra, Eminent One
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Nekusar, the Mindrazer
  • 1 Nicol Bolas
  • 1 Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God
  • 1 Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh
  • 1 Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker
  • 1 Nicol Bolas, the Deceiver
  • 1 Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen
  • 1 Obeka, Brute Chronologist
  • 1 Obelisk of Grixis
  • 1 Oscorp Industries
  • 1 Phyrexian Tyranny
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prince of Thralls
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Relic of Sauron
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rise // Fall
  • 1 Sedraxis Specter
  • 1 Sedris, the Traitor King
  • 1 Seething Landscape
  • 1 Slave of Bolas
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sol'Kanar the Tainted
  • 1 Sol'kanar the Swamp King
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sulfur Vent
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 The Horus Heresy
  • 1 The Madcap Jester
  • 1 Thraximundar
  • 1 Unscythe, Killer of Kings
  • 1 Visage of Bolas
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Xander's Lounge
  • 1 Zevlor, Elturel Exile